Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said his administration accords top priority ☂to the security of Kashmiri Pandits and will always stand by them.
He said he wishes that the day comes whe💮n the community members w🏅ill return to their homes in the Valley as they have suffered a lot in the past over three decades.
"The salaries of employees including PM package employees and minority (Dogra) employees, who have joined back their services in Kashmir, haveജ been released," Sinha said addressing a function in connection with a three-day-long Shivratri mela at Jagti mi🐭grant township on the outskirts of the city.
He said the Jammu Kashmir administration wil𒐪l always stand by the com🐭munity.
“Your safety is our top priority and we are taking all possible measures to ensure that. This is the commitment of the government of India and the prime miniꦇster,&quo𒆙t; the Lt Governor said.
He said he wants accommodations 🦋for Kashmiri Pandit employees to ඣbe completed soon so that they live there without any difficulty and perform their duties.
“You have suffered a lot for three d꧅ecades. I pray that the day will come when you return to your homes with honour," Sin🐎ha said.
The Lt Governor also said progress has been made for construction of housing units ⛄for PM package employees in Kashmir.
Earlier, it w𒁃as difficult to get land for construction of 6,000 dwellings but now land has been identified and except for two sites, th💜e work is in full swing, he said.
"As many as 1,200 dwellings will be handed oveꩵr by April and by December more than 2,500 dwellings would be handed over," he added.
On the occasion, Sinha visited Kashmiri Pandits in three migrant camps of Muthi, Butanagar and J💮agti to review arrangements for the Maha Shivratri festival.
“Kashmiri Pandit brothers and sisters li🙈ving in different parts of the country and the world have kept their tradition alive,"ꦑ; he said.
Sinha also talked about initiatives of the administration for extension of seamless pub🍸lic service delivery to Kashmiri Pandit community members at their doorsteps.
